You want a 3 down Mike bc you want players who are versatile enough to play vs the no huddle with minimal substitutions. Its a huge advantage to keep your field general on the field all 3 downs. It allows for more versatile play calling vs no huddle.

You want a 3 down Mike, a Sam who can play de in nickel, and a LE who can play dt in nickel. That makes your defense very versatile with minimal substitutions. You'd essentially just have to switch out a cb for a nt when needed.

The Mike doesn't need to be the captain of the defense anymore. Boley clearly knows the D the best and is our field general out there. If he's on the field without a true Mike then we are fine. If you we think Boley can play all 3 LB positions there really is no need for a true MLB. In today's NFL you switch out a lot anyway especially us with the depth we have.

Ugh this has got be the most disrespected Superbowl Champion team since the 07 Giants. I know we like to go under the radar but this as a fan I can't help but get upset. The Around the Horn discussion about how the NFL opener should not involve the Giants put me over the top.

Ugh this has got be the most disrespected Superbowl Champion team since the 07 Giants. I know we like to go under the radar but this as a fan I can't help but get upset. The Around the Horn discussion about how the NFL opener should not involve the Giants put me over the top.

I don't have a problem with it at all. By now, we should be more comfortable as fans the less the media talks about us. If there's one thing I have learned from these past five years of being a Giants fan, it is that no hype = better chances of succeeding for them.

Let the media hype up Tim Tebow and the Cowboys and whoever as much as they like. The last time we were disrespected after winning a Super Bowl, we were the best team in the NFL until Plax shot himself.

I have always been a major sports idiot since I was a little boy, and follow a lot of sports very closely(Soccer, Cycling,all winter sports, Tennis,etc).So much so that I am currently studying to become a sports journalist. In the last days of January 2008 I read an article in a Norwegian newspaper about the NFL. I didn't know anything about football at the time, but I was intrigued by the sport in general. So that night I decided to stay up and watch the AFC and NFC conference championships.

First up was Chargers-Pats. I watched that game, but it was a boring game with lots of field goals and little offense( which is what you first notice when you're a noob :p) and I was so bored and sleepy that I fell asleep on the couch before the Giants-Packers game.

Two weeks later, it was time for Super Bowl XLII. I decided to stay up with my dad and a friend and watch the game, even though I found the first ever game I saw pretty boring. So I decided to root for the underdog, the Giants. The Patriots bored me, and they were undefeated. You never root for undefeated teams unless you are a fan. Little did I know that this game would lead to countless of sleepless nights in front of the computer, cursing players and referees at the other side of the globe.

After that game, I was hooked. I mean, think about it yourselves. If that was the "first" NFL game you saw, you would have been hooked as well. And you would probably be Giants fans, like I became that night.

I guess that kind of makes me a bandwagon fan, lol. But I am not planning on jumping ship until the day I die. I am a Giants fan for life now, and I have seen every game the Giants have played, Preseason, Regular season and Postseason since then. And football is now my favorite sport, even more so than soccer. It's sort of frowned upon in Europe :p

It is a pity we couldn't work out that kind of deal, it would have been good value

Yea but the longer the market drags on the cheaper these guys get, maybe we could get hawthorne on a cheap deal, unlikely but he'd be a welcome addition, and so long after free agency started he'll probably take a pretty cheap deal somewhere.

I have always been a major sports idiot since I was a little boy, and follow a lot of sports very closely(Soccer, Cycling,all winter sports, Tennis,etc).So much so that I am currently studying to become a sports journalist. In the last days of January 2008 I read an article in a Norwegian newspaper about the NFL. I didn't know anything about football at the time, but I was intrigued by the sport in general. So that night I decided to stay up and watch the AFC and NFC conference championships.

First up was Chargers-Pats. I watched that game, but it was a boring game with lots of field goals and little offense( which is what you first notice when you're a noob :p) and I was so bored and sleepy that I fell asleep on the couch before the Giants-Packers game.

Two weeks later, it was time for Super Bowl XLII. I decided to stay up with my dad and a friend and watch the game, even though I found the first ever game I saw pretty boring. So I decided to root for the underdog, the Giants. The Patriots bored me, and they were undefeated. You never root for undefeated teams unless you are a fan. Little did I know that this game would lead to countless of sleepless nights in front of the computer, cursing players and referees at the other side of the globe.

After that game, I was hooked. I mean, think about it yourselves. If that was the "first" NFL game you saw, you would have been hooked as well. And you would probably be Giants fans, like I became that night.

I guess that kind of makes me a bandwagon fan, lol. But I am not planning on jumping ship until the day I die. I am a Giants fan for life now, and I have seen every game the Giants have played, Preseason, Regular season and Postseason since then. And football is now my favorite sport, even more so than soccer. It's sort of frowned upon in Europe :p

Great story! We're proud to have you as a fellow Giant fan. Try to stop by and watch a game at the stadium one day.

Excellent story. You have good timing and chose well. We just need you to root for Rutgers football as a college team and you'll be set!

Haha, I can root for Rutgers! Don't know much about the team or the college, but most of you guys in here roots for them, so that's enough for me! Sadly, It's really hard to find good ways to watch college football in Norway. We have a channel called ESPN America, which airs college games, but my stupid cable provider refuses to broadcast that channel

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Great story! We're proud to have you as a fellow Giant fan. Try to stop by and watch a game at the stadium one day.

That's a goal of mine, and it will happen! Possibly this fall, actually! Me and my roommate are planning a trip to NYC, and I managed to talk him into going to a Giants-game! We are also planning on going to a game at Madison Square Garden, probably a hockey game since my roommate is half swedish and a big hockey nut.

If it happens I might need you guys to answer some basic questions about where to sit in the stadiums, how to get there, etc. It would be nice if some of us could meet up for a beer as well!